"tussock" <scrub@clear.net.nz­> wrote in message> news:42355d66@clear­.net.nz>> 2nd: change blue flag regs to...>> Drivers are shown blue flags when they have a car close behind>> (approx. 1 second) that is about to lap them. The slower driver must>> hold his normal racing line, with no blocking or checks of any sort>> (10 sec stop go penalties, and potential DQs for any unfair play by>> backmarkers). If the faster car behind makes it alongside at any>> point the lapped car must yeild the position by easing the throttle>> and allowing the faster car back onto the racing line.>

Nah, just scrap the blue flag rule altogether. If a car is a lap> ahead it should be able to pass by itself. If it can't then tough> luck.

I think that is why we have some many great testers in F1 today but > relatively few good racers. If a fast driver is held up by a slower one > because he can't get past, well too bad. If that allows the guy following > him to get closer and attempt to pass, even better.

Get rid of points entirely. Count the title on wins, then use second>places for a tie-break, and so on. Gives it a certain Darwinian beauty,>and gets rid of the current pathetic New Labour/Blairite "let's give>the kids on the short bus points for turning up" crap that "keeps the>title alive" by devaluing attainment.

scott <spam@spam.com> wrote:>> IMO, the way to fix this would be to make the points scale more non-linear, >> give the drivers a much bigger incentive to overtake. Like:>>

Get rid of points entirely. Count the title on wins, then use second>places for a tie-break, and so on.

and gets rid of the current pathetic New Labour/Blairite

and gets rid of the current pathetic New Labour/Blairite "let's give> the kids on the short bus points for turning up" crap that "keeps the> title alive" by devaluing attainment.

How about replacing that with the disgusting Margaret Thatcher crap of> "let the richest man win"

"tussock" <scrub@clear.net.nz­> wrote in message> news:42355d66@clear­.net.nz>> 2nd: change blue flag regs to...>> Drivers are shown blue flags when they have a car close behind>> (approx. 1 second) that is about to lap them. The slower driver must>> hold his normal racing line, with no blocking or checks of any sort>> (10 sec stop go penalties, and potential DQs for any unfair play by>> backmarkers). If the faster car behind makes it alongside at any>> point the lapped car must yeild the position by easing the throttle>> and allowing the faster car back onto the racing line.>

Nah, just scrap the blue flag rule altogether. If a car is a lap ahead it > should be able to pass by itself. If it can't then tough luck.

F1 is a lost cause.

I agree. The best passing I've seen (although probably many years ago) > was when two cars battling for the lead have come across a back marker.

AOL.

So why do we still watch it, why are we still here?>

1 1> 2 0.5> 3 0.25> 4 0.125>

and so on.. Problem : you have to get used to decimal points and use> exponetial notaion..­

Wasn't that MS on RS letting Rubens into the lead? When MS pulled that > move on Ralf I said to myself, "on your own brother? that's cold...."

Ohhh.. that's great! I love it. It handles fractional numbers too... That'> mine:>

http://glibs.ssmmdd­.co.uk/glibs/seasapn­t.php?seas=2005&apnt­=1,0.5,0.25,0.125,0.­0625,0.03125,0.01562­5,0.0078125,0.003906­25,0.001953125,0.000­9765625,0.0004882812­,0.0002441406,0.0001­220703,0.0000610352,­0.0000305176,0.00001­52588,0.0000076294,0­.0000038147,0.000001­9073,f0,p0,c1>

with the result that can be seen. And as a complete year, let's try last> year:>

http://glibs.ssmmdd­.co.uk/glibs/seasapn­t.php?seas=2004&apnt­=1,0.5,0.25,0.125,0.­0625,0.03125,0.01562­5,0.0078125,0.003906­25,0.001953125,0.000­9765625,0.0004882812­,0.0002441406,0.0001­220703,0.0000610352,­0.0000305176,0.00001­52588,0.0000076294,0­.0000038147,0.000001­9073,f0,p0,c1

I think it shows MSch dominace over all, RB included clearer than the> offical point system (the 2002 shows the same). In 2003, the binary system> talks about Raikkonen needing about 2 more victorys to with the> championship, showing the importance of the MSch 6 wins.>

The systems is based on 'perfection' and gets down from that: a perfect race> (win, because is the only that matters, it is the only thing those racers> are there for) is 1 point, and you get the half each time you step down> from that, a perfect season would be 17/18/19 points, so seasons can be> easily compared, dividing for the number of races. One position los halves> your score.>

One good thing about going from 1 point downwards is that you do not depend> on the number of cars racing (The GLIBS shoudl allow to point more than 20> drivers..­ ), but do depend on the number of cars in front. All get points> so it is not the same to finish last in 11th postion than in 17th.

Also, it we want to increase the paasing, the gaing or loosing postions, we> ca always go further and try a ternary sysmem (1, 0.33333, 0.11111,...) or> quaternary (1., 0.25, 0.02125,....).

I stopped at 20 'cos there are very few drivers who were classified in>

Also, I restricted the alternate points to classified cars only. I tried>

If you turn that round and start of with 20th = 1, 19th = 3, 18th = 9> etc. it is easier and you don't need to muck around with rounding> problems. (Or 20th = 1, 19th = 4, 18th = 16 etc.)>